easy access to the web on your mobile
As you all know, I’ve got a fancy new phone (the AT&T 8525) that can surf the web, check email, text, call people, and probably cook me dinner, if I wanted it too. Despite having a phone that can do it all, I rarely “do it all”. I call people with it, check email, and text friends. I’ve tried surfing the web a few times, and it was absolutely horrible. Trying to tap in a URL with my stylus was a disaster, and I was quickly irritated by how hard it was to navigate around the web. It’s SO not as easy as it looks in the commercials! I heard about a new site called RocketShotz.com that provides you with easy access to the web from your mobile phone. Easy? That’s SO right up my alley.
With RocketShotz, you can go online, select your favorite sites, and set them up for easy browsing on your phone with just a few clicks. No more trying to tap in URL’s or use Google on your mobile phone, because all of your favorites are right there, waiting for you. The guys who put RocketShotz together were geeks who were feeling the same frustration that I am right now. They realized using the web on a mobile find to check the weather, or find the location of the nearest Chinese restaurant was a huge pain in the rear. They developed this tool for their own use, and decided it was cool enough to share with the world. No more fooling with your teeny weeny Qwerty keyboard typing in a website address, because everything you could possibly want is just a click away on your phone. They’ve built in all sorts of cool tools into the app as well, like MonkeyShines. Those are random sites you can surf the next time you’re bored in a meeting or waiting in line. It’s like a Stumble Upon toolbar, for your mobile phone.
Best of all, the service is free, and doesn’t require any software.

I personally find all mobile phones to have too little screen real estate for browsing. There is no intuitive “pinch” like there is on the iPhone, but I really don’t like smacking down 400 dollars - even after a price drop. Is it just me, or is mobile web leaving something behind? There needs to be a step between a “scaled down version” and the technology packed into the iPhone.
I’ll never truly surf the web on a phone. It’s not really surfing, it’s more like getting my feet wet.
Thanks for the tip! I converted over to a Samsung Blackjack on Cingular/AT&T and have been happy with data speeds, but IE on WM5 is still a major pain to use (even though I find the QWERTY keyboard simple). I’ll definitely look into this.